Bolivia Suspends Presidential Election over COVID-19

An electoral court has postponed Bolivia’s general election over the COVID-19, according to local media.

Voters were due to head to the polls on May 3 to elect a permanent successor to former President Evo Morales, who resigned in November.

According to the Pesident of the Supreme Election Tribunal Salvador Romero,

Bolivia’s congress will have to enact legislation in order to select a new date for the elections.